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Arturo Ripstein
Director 82 years old

Arturo Ripstein

Mexico City, Mexico

Arturo Ripstein y Rosen (born December 13, 1943) is a Mexican film director. Ripstein got his break into movies working as an uncredited assistant director for Luis Buñuel. In 1965, he directed his first feature, Tiempo de Morir. Written by Carlos Fuentes and Gabriel García... Read full bio →

Directed Films

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6 titles
La virgen de la lujuria

La virgen de la lujuria

Arturo Ripstein 2002 2h 31m 3.0

In 1940s Vera Cruz, Nacho, a Native waiter, loves Lola, an addict who pines for wrestler Gardenia Wilson. Political exiles fuel her Franco assassination plans while Nacho blends reality with The Mikado's plot.

Profundo carmesí

Profundo carmesí

Arturo Ripstein 1996 1h 51m

The life of a man who preys on unsuspecting women for a living is changed when he finds an accomplice in the woman who loves and controls him.

Cadena perpetua

Cadena perpetua

Arturo Ripstein 1979 1h 35m

After being released from jail, "Tarzan" Lira seeks to rebuild his life as a bank employee. Unfortunately, it might not be as easy as he thinks.

El lugar sin límites

El lugar sin límites

Arturo Ripstein 1978 1h 50m

Family honor, greed, machismo, homophobia, and dreams collide in a small Mexican town.

El castillo de la pureza

El castillo de la pureza

Arturo Ripstein 1973 1h 50m

A disciplined and sexually driven man forces his family to stay isolated in their home in order to protect them from the “evil nature” of human beings.

Tiempo de morir

Tiempo de morir

Arturo Ripstein 1966 1h 30m 8.0

A man comes home after serving 18 years in jail for murder in this routine western. Although the man killed in self defense, rumors in town circulated that he murdered the victim in cold blood. The ex-con wants to get his life together, but the two sons of the slain man are gunning for the man who killed their father.

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